diff --git a/pageserver/src/walreceiver.rs b/pageserver/src/walreceiver.rs
index e1c80932a1..420eecaeff 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/walreceiver.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/walreceiver.rs
@@ -198,13 +198,14 @@ fn walreceiver_main(
                 // flush ptr.
                 timeline.advance_last_valid_lsn(endlsn);
 
-                // Somewhat arbitrarily, if we have at least 10 complete wal segments (16 MB each),
+                // Somewhat arbitrarily, if we have at least one complete wal segment (16 MB each),
                 // "checkpoint" the repository to flush all the changes from WAL we've processed
                 // so far to disk. After this, we don't need the original WAL anymore, and it
-                // can be removed.
+                // can be removed. This is probably too aggressive for production, but it's useful
+                // to expose bugs now.
                 //
                 // TODO: We don't actually dare to remove the WAL. It's useful for debugging,
-                // and we might it for logical decoiding other things in the future. Although
+                // and we might it for logical decoding other things in the future. Although
                 // we should also be able to fetch it back from the WAL safekeepers or S3 if
                 // needed.
                 if prev_last_rec_lsn.segment_number(pg_constants::WAL_SEGMENT_SIZE)